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The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and …

WEBIn the summer of 1964, medical professionals, mostly white and northern, organized the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) to provide care and support for civil rights …

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Health and Healthcare

WEBOn this four-year anniversary of the World Health Organization labeling COVID-19 a pandemic, we focus on the topic of health and healthcare. Below are a …

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The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

WEBWith tender, conscientious storytelling, The People’s Hospital introduces readers to five uninsured Houstonians who are each struggling with life-threatening ailments and …

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July 1964: Founding of the Medical Committee for Human Rights

WEBThe Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) was founded in New York in July of 1964 as a way for mainly white and Northern medical professionals to provide support to …

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Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against …

WEBIn Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination, Alondra Nelson recovers an indispensable but lesser-known aspect of the Black Panther …

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Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed Public …

WEBTakeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed Public Health Care. Film. By Emma Francis-Snyder. 2021. 38 minutes. Takeover tells the story of the Young Lords’ 12-hour …

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Public Health Needs A People’s History, Too

WEBIt is easy to see the ways in which A People’s History of the United States ties to the social studies and humanities curriculum, yet the connections between history …

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Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and …

WEBFrom an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, …

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WEBBook — Non-fiction. By Ricardo Nuila. 2023. 384 pages. Tells the story of five uninsured Houstonians who are each struggling with life-threatening ailments and denied critical …

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Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During …

WEBBook — Non-fiction. By Jim Downs. 2015. 280 pages. Historical analysis of the illness and suffering endured by African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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How to Survive a Plague

WEBThe 2012 documentary How to Survive a Plague tells the riveting and heartbreaking story of the founding and growth of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), a central player …

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March 11, 2020: World Health Organization Declares a Pandemic

WEBIn the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled. There are now more …

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June 5, 1981: AIDS Epidemic Recognized by Medical Community

WEBOn June 5, 1981, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published a study about five patients — all gay men — treated for a rare fungal infection caused by severely …

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July 14, 1970: Young Lords Occupy Lincoln Hospital

WEBThemes: Health, Civil Rights Movements, Latinx, Organizing. In the early morning hours of July 14, 1970, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital’s major administrative building …

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Discussion Questions for “A People's History of the United States”

WEBHere are discussion questions and selected activities to accompany A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, chapters 1 – 11, and 18. Questions for the remaining …

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April 28, 1977: Disability Rights Sit-Ins Force Enactment of Section …

WEBPhoto by HolLynn D’Lil. Between April 5 and April 28, 1977, hundreds of disabled and handicapped activists organized, protested, and occupied government buildings around …

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La Operación (documentary)

WEBLa Operación is a 1982 documentary that shows the widespread sterilization operation led by the U.S. during the 1950s and 60s in Puerto Rico. Ana María García directed the film …

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